Preserving container



INVENTOR Feb. 20, 1934. J. L. LAGORIO PRESERVING CONTAINER Filed Feb.15, 1932 V 7 i m gT-flg /////////1////% g 1/11/01 ATTORN Patented Feb.29, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application February 15,

4 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in preserving containers, thepurpose of which is to hold food products which are preserved bybeingsubmerged in a preserving fluid.

The invention has for its primary object to provide an improved deviceof the class set forth which is simple of design, strong, durable,relatively inexpensive of manufacture, and which will fulfill therequirements for which it is in- 1 tended.

Other objects and advantages of the invention reside in the novelcombinations and arrangements, as will become more apparent as thedescription proceeds, reference being had to the 18 accompanyingdrawing, which forms a part of this specification and in which:

Fig. l is a sectional elevation of my improved container.

Fig. 2 is a plan view.

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of an alternate container.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the alternate container.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of presser plate adjustable stops.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of alternate presser plate round stop.

Referring specifically to the drawing wherein the same referencecharacters designate the same parts in all views:

The container 1, is of the usual cylindrical form which has a pluralityof presser plate stop openings 2, which may be either square or roundopenings for receiving the shanks 8 of the adjustable presser platestops 3, which hold the 16 annular presser plate 4 in any predeterminedposition. The latter holds the food products below the surface of thepreserving fluid.

The presser plate 4 has fluid escape openings 5, equally spaced and isalso provided with a depression 6, forming a pan, with the annular outerring elevated for the retention of a certain amount of the fluid whenthe presser plate 4 is withdrawn from the container 4. It will be notedthat the presser plate 4 fits loosely 45 within the container.

The reinforcing pads 7 on the exterior of the container gives additionalstrength where the presser plate stop openings 2 occur.

The presser plate stops 3 are constructed with 50 the integral squareshanks 8, and the presser plate adjustment surfaces 9 and 10. Thisprovides two positions for holding the presser plate '4 within thecontainer 1 from any one setting of the presser plate stops 3 in theirseats.

To facilitate the placing or to withdraw the 1932. Serial No. 592,948

presser plate 4, it is provided with the lift knob 11.

In the alternate form, the container 1, has constructed a plurality ofangle section stop holder openings 12, in a predetermined fixed positionconstructed within the outer walls of the container and spaced evenly onthe interior of the container, providing a means of holding the presserplate 4 and stops 15 in a fixed position.

To: facilitate removal of the presser plate 4 from the container 1, orwhen presserplate 4 is placed in container 1, the presser plate 4 isprovided with slots or openings'l3 on its periphery, which permit thepresser plate 4 to be inserted into the container 1, to any vertical setof presser plate stops 3 or 15. When the presser plate 4 is set to therequired depth, the slots 13 are placed opposite the stops 3 and 15which allows presser plate 4 to pass below stops 3 and 15 then onturning the presser plate 4, the slots in the same become disengagedfrom presser plate stops 3 and 15 and the presser plate 4 engages thestops 3 or 15 holding the presser plate 4 down in the set position.

The container 1 has cover 14, which is of the usual form for coveringover retainers for excluding dirt, insects and vermin.

This device eliminate the makeshift devices now employed in the art towhich it appertains. It is found in practice that food products and thelike when preserved or pickled in a dense solution as brine, etc., areforced to the surface and float, which exposes the products to the airand bacteria action, which results in spoiling of the products. In theuse of makeshift devices, such as presser plates weighted down, it isfound in practice that these have a tendency to become unbalanced andtip, allowing the product to rise to the surface and become exposed, aswell as being cumbersome to handle when it is desired to take out anyproducts from the container 1.

In my device all these objections are overcome. The presser plate 4 canbe inserted within the container 1, to any desired level which may benecessary so that the products will be fully covered with the preservingfluid and can be easily withdrawn when it is desired to remove anyquantity of the product from the container 1.

In practice it will be found that a mould or scum forms on the surfaceof the fluid. In my improved presser plate 4 with the holes 5 piercingthe presser plate and the depression forming a pan 6, with an elevatedannular ring on the top of the presser plate 4. When the presser plate 4is raised this construction will enable the fluid above the plate toescape through the holes 5, until the presser plate 4 nearly reaches thesurface when the mould floating on the surface is caught on the pan 6,providing an eflicient means of skimming the mould from the surface ofthe fluid when removing the presser plate 4 from the container 1.

Where such products are preserved that do not exert a greater pressurethan the weight of the presser plate 4, then to eliminate any undueweight on the product, the presser plate 4 may rest on top of thepresser plate stops 3 or 15, but where the upward pressure of theproduct exceeds the weight of the presser plate 4, then the presserplate 4 rests under the presser plate stops 3 and 15, which counteractsthe movement of the products tending to rise to the surface.

It will be noted that the adjustable presser plate stop openings 2 and12 are spaced at various vertical intervals for various level settingsfor the compressor plate 4.

The construction of the adjustable presser plate stops 3 with thebearing surface 9 and the bearing surface 10 provide a means foradjusting so that either bearing surface 9 or 10 may be used to bear onthe top surface of the annular ring of the presser plate 4. Thisprovides two vertical adjustments which can be made from one setting ofthe presser plate stops 3.

In the drawing the adjustable presser plate stop shanks are square whichis necessary where the two adjustment bearings 9 and 10 are made use of.These shanks can have a round section, which would eliminate the featureof two adjustments on account of possible rotation of the shank in itsseat.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have avery efficient device for accomplishing the results desired.

I do not confine myself to any particular material and it may benecessary from time to time to make slight changes in the constructionwithout departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention and what I claim as new and usefuland desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described, a container in combinationwith a presser plate having a plurality of fluid escape openings, aplurality of fluid escape opening lugs extended above the face ofpresser plate, an annular outer ring forming the periphery of thepresser plate, the top face of said ring being elevated above the topface of the fluid escape opening lugs.

2. In a device of the character described, a container in combinationwith a presser plate having a plurality of fluid escape openings, aplurality of fluid escape opening lugs, extended above the face of thepresser plate, an annular outer ring forming the periphery of thepresser plate, the top face of said ring being elevated above the topface of the fluid escape opening lugs, a plurality of square openings inthe interior walls of the container having predetermined equalhorizontal spacing and equal or variable vertical spacing, a pluralityof adjustable presser plate stops with shanks seating within the squareopenings, a plurality of equally spaced reinforcing pads on the exteriorof the container.

3. In a device of the character described, a container in combinationwith a presser plate having a plurality fluid escape openings, aplurality of fluid escape opening lugs extended above the face of thepresser plate, an annular outer ring forming the periphery of thepresser plate, the top face of said ring being elevated above the topface of the fluid escape opening lugs, a plurality of equally spacedpresser plate stops arranged at different levels having angular sectionsfor locking stops in L stop opening projecting inwardly from the wallsof the container and spaced vertically in a predetermined position,whereby the compressor plate is secured in position at different levels,a plurality of slots or openings equally spaced on the periphery of thepresser plate for clearing the presser plate stops, when withdrawing orplacing the presser plate in the container.

4. In a device of the character described, a container in combinationwith a presser plate having a plurality of presser plate fluid escapeopenings, a plurality of fluid escape opening lugs extended above theface of the presser plate, an annular outer ring forming the peripheryof the presser plate, the top face of said ring being elevated above thetop face of the fluid escape opening lugs, a plurality of verticallyspaced openings in the wall of the container, and a plurality of roundadjustable presser plate stops seating within the aforesaid annularopenings.

JOHN L. LAGORIO.

